Floridian lifestyle

[TOMCAT]

Living in New York, I think I would appreciate more of the laid back life style of the South. How many feel the lifestyle is so much better than the North if you are from there.

[Allegiance]

Living in New York, I think I would appreciate more of the laid back life style of the South. How many feel the lifestyle is so much better than the North if you are from there.You have no idea how much better the villages is vs long island. I did that rat race, you will never want to go back except for family.

When you get here and hear villagers complain about traffic, it will bring a smile to your face.

[pickleball119]

If you pick an abundance of sun as a "lifestyle"--I would pick Florida, for sure. Other than that--my heart is still in western New York.

[TOMCAT]

You have no idea how much better the villages is vs long island. I did that rat race, you will never want to go back except for family.

When you get here and hear villagers complain about traffic, it will bring a smile to your face.

🤗

[Allegiance]

[emoji847]Transportation on Long Island - Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_on_Long_Island)

"Indeed, locals refer to*Long Island Expressway*as "The*World's Longest Parking Lot"."

[Allegiance]

Transportation on Long Island - Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_on_Long_Island)

"Indeed, locals refer to*Long Island Expressway*as "The*World's Longest Parking Lot"."Commuted to nyc, by car, motorcycle, bus/subway, long island railroad/subway, express bus and every combination thereof.

People in the villages that don't know NYC commuting would never believe the time and cost.

[Allegiance]

Commuted to nyc, by car, motorcycle, bus/subway, long island railroad/subway, express bus and every combination thereof.

People in the villages that don't know NYC commuting would never believe the time and cost.Real estate taxes of $10,000 on a very modest home. No thank you.

[rjm1cc]

I think you could find a laid back community almost any where.

[TOMCAT]

I think you could find a laid back community almost any where.

You are probably right. Even out east in Long Island.

[TOMCAT]

Transportation on Long Island - Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_on_Long_Island)

"Indeed, locals refer to*Long Island Expressway*as "The*World's Longest Parking Lot"."

I try not to use the LIE because of the trucks, but the Southern State to me is the worse when it comes to traffic. I went to Hawaii, and I could not believe the traffic there.

[Allegiance]

I try not to use the LIE because of the trucks, but the Southern State to me is the worse when it comes to traffic. I went to Hawaii, and I could not believe the traffic there.I remember many a late weekend night where it seemed everyone on the southern state Parkway was drunk or drugged.

[TOMCAT]

Real estate taxes of $10,000 on a very modest home. No thank you.

Long Island taxes are the worse. (School taxes are high and I can see why since I have been working for the school district. The school has so many specialists for all the children’s needs. Occupational Therapist, Speech Therapist, psychologist, to name a few. There are children that really do need them and they are available in the school, but I am sure their salaries are higher than an average teacher’s. Never saw that when I went to school.)

My friend owns a 3 apartment-building in Brooklyn and her taxes are $2400 per year.

[Chatbrat]

In NY & NJ you're a money filter, hard to believe but you can accumulate more money in retirement than you did working up north- very low taxes, and there really is much to spend a lot on,

[rubicon]

my daughter lives in Mount Kisco Westchester County. Loves TV but also loves going down to the city going to the Jets games
Everything is a trade off.

my ideal setting is a small town where one can go to the local coffee shop knowing most folks engage in small talk play a round or two and then disappear .

I was reared in a small city in Central New York. Most people there warm and generous, many good restaurants, but agree the snow and taxes are a real disincentive

[TOMCAT]

So hard to leave where I have been used to but if I am going to worry about money every day (taxes, oil heat, etc.) then it is time to move on.

Just hope the grass is greener on the other side.

[billethkid]

Laid back or what ever it is called.......December through January sitting next to our pool in the sun in my shorts and T shirt with a glass of cognac and cigar while reading emails from friends and relatives talking about the 15 inches of snow they just got!!!!

I always know when I am too far north........... if/when there are no palm trees.

[New Englander]

Commuted to nyc, by car, motorcycle, bus/subway, long island railroad/subway, express bus and every combination thereof.

People in the villages that don't know NYC commuting would never believe the time and cost.

I got a darn good idea what it's like. I commuted from the suburbs to Boston for work. I had to leave my home by 5AM and I won't even mention what winter commuting was like :cryin2:

[Madelaine Amee]

I got a darn good idea what it's like. I commuted from the suburbs to Boston for work. I had to leave my home by 5AM and I won't even mention what winter commuting was like :cryin2:

Feel your pain ............ We commuted from the North Shore to Burlington (me), he had to go down to Norwood! When he was not in Norwood he was catching a flight out of Logan. 128 year round it's a death trap.

Love TV:smiley: I should add that yes, I miss my two sons and my gandchildren, BUT when we visit the kids are always busy and the grandchildren are gone most of the time. What on earth would we do back there?

[Madelaine Amee]

So hard to leave where I have been used to but if I am going to worry about money every day (taxes, oil heat, etc.) then it is time to move on.

Just hope the grass is greener on the other side.

I'm going to bite the bullet and say this .......... My very personal opinion is that you are never going to be happy anywhere. You are living in the past with your need to have your job back and I don't think you can move on.

Didn't your job offer retirement counseling when you took retirement? Both of us had several sessions with a retirement counselor provided by the company to help us ease into retiring.

[valuemkt]

Ahh yes .. central and western new york .. Where they turn off the blue sky on Labor Day and dont turn it back on til after Memorial Day .. where winters are measured bu either the number of consecutive days below zero, or the number of consecutive days with one or more inches of snow .. I really miss my 7.5 HP John Deere Snowblower ... NOT

[perrjojo]

I'm going to bite the bullet and say this .......... My very personal opinion is that you are never going to be happy anywhere. You are living in the past with your need to have your job back and I don't think you can move on.

Didn't your job offer retirement counseling when you took retirement? Both of us had several sessions with a retirement counselor provided by the company to help us ease into retiring.

You are so correct. When I was first married we moved away from Texas to Florida. I was telling my doctor about our move and she made this well known comment. Happiness is not anyplace, or with anyone. Happiness is found within yourself. If you plan to be happy, you will. If you plan to be unhappy, you will. Of course I was excited about moving to a beach city and we were very happy there. We have moved to several state in our 58 years together. It’s always an adjustment but I have always happy where ever we lived.

[collie1228]

I moved here five years ago from Central NY and haven't looked back. I try to think of anything I miss, and I have to dig deep. I find the lifestyle here just perfect for me. Obviously the upstate winters are a big reason why I like it so much here. The 100+ inches of snow annually in the northern Syracuse suburbs became intolerable. Down here we occasionally get a hard frost, but it's usually gone by 10:00AM. Up there I stopped playing golf soon after Labor Day. We may have to wear long pants a few days a year down here, but we play all year long. I still miss my job and co-workers, as it was very fulfilling for me, but I manage to keep as busy as I want to be down here. I would caution you about finances. You will be getting out from under the NY state income taxes, but if you have financial pressures up there, you are likely to have them here as well. Proceed with care and good luck.

[graciegirl]

Living in New York, I think I would appreciate more of the laid back life style of the South. How many feel the lifestyle is so much better than the North if you are from there.

There will always things and people that will be treasured about the place you are leaving.

I like it here because we are retired from work.
I like that there is no bitter cold. I like that this place is peopled with mostly older adults and is well taken care of and offers so many things to do that I enjoy. I love being able to learn more about putting color and lines on paper in a pleasant way and I very much loved golf until my scoliosis won last year.

However the very things I listed as pluses can be minuses to a few. Some people like the change of seasons, don't play golf, and are not ready to stop working and living an organized life. And surprisingly, some are not comfortable with people who are a decade or so older than them.........

If we were all alike they would only sell vanilla ice cream.

[Fredster]

So hard to leave where I have been used to but if I am going to worry about money every day (taxes, oil heat, etc.) then it is time to move on.

Just hope the grass is greener on the other side.

Here are a couple of quotes to ponder...
“Happiness is an inside job!”
and
“Often, we will hang on to the known crummy,
out of fear of the unknown whatever!”

[Carla B]

When we quit working we sold most everything land-based: house, cars, most of the furniture and put the remainder in a 10x10 storage locker. Then we left on a sailboat for over five years. Having committed to a drastic lifestyle change, we found no time to regret leaving, only time to focus on staying afloat and avoiding mishaps. It turned out to be the best time of our lives, at least as it now lives in our memories. Maybe for Tomcat an adventure of some type would be the answer to transitioning to retirement.

[Gpsma]

There is no reason to leave Long Island for TV except for the weather and financial considerations. Long Island still has a lot to offer that TV couldn't match on its best day.

[Jdmiata]

Where I’m from ......NYC / LI the weather sucks and there are too many people.
Other than that I have many great relatives and good friends who still live there. If it wasn’t for that I would never go to NY.

[TOMCAT]

There will always things and people that will be treasured about the place you are leaving.

I like it here because we are retired from work.
I like that there is no bitter cold. I like that this place is peopled with mostly older adults and is well taken care of and offers so many things to do that I enjoy. I love being able to learn more about putting color and lines on paper in a pleasant way and I very much loved golf until my scoliosis won last year.

However the very things I listed as pluses can be minuses to a few. Some people like the change of seasons, don't play golf, and are not ready to stop working and living an organized life. And surprisingly, some are not comfortable with people who are a decade or so older than them.........

If we were all alike they would only sell vanilla ice cream.

You are correct there except I am comfortable with people older than me. My husband is a good nine years older than me. Some people just need to grieve and miss what they were doing. Missing the routine, people, extra income. I love the Villages. Always wanted to go there. I left my job so fast that I did not really prepare myself sufficiently.

[Allegiance]

There is no reason to leave Long Island for TV except for the weather and financial considerations. Long Island still has a lot to offer that TV couldn't match on its best day.And crime, pollution.

[Allegiance]

There is no reason to leave Long Island for TV except for the weather and financial considerations. Long Island still has a lot to offer that TV couldn't match on its best day.And crime, pollution.The health implications of stress and pollution.

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[Allegiance]

There is no reason to leave Long Island for TV except for the weather and financial considerations. Long Island still has a lot to offer that TV couldn't match on its best day.And crime, pollution.The health implications of stress and pollution.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171218/017fde70112828020b09c6dbecdef1e3.jpgI had an uncle murdered in NYC in the 1980s and a friend killed on long long island in the 1990s.

Murders in US very concentrated: 54% of US counties in 2014 had zero murders, 2% of counties have 51% of the murders - Crime Prevention Research CenterCrime Prevention Research Center (https://crimeresearch.org/2017/04/number-murders-county-54-us-counties-2014-zero-murders-69-1-murder/)

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[Aloha1]

You are so correct. When I was first married we moved away from Texas to Florida. I was telling my doctor about our move and she made this well known comment. Happiness is not anyplace, or with anyone. Happiness is found within yourself. If you plan to be happy, you will. If you plan to be unhappy, you will. Of course I was excited about moving to a beach city and we were very happy there. We have moved to several state in our 58 years together. It’s always an adjustment but I have always happy where ever we lived.

What a great comment!:BigApplause:

[TOMCAT]

I had an uncle murdered in NYC in the 1980s and a friend killed on long long island in the 1990s.

Murders in US very concentrated: 54% of US counties in 2014 had zero murders, 2% of counties have 51% of the murders - Crime Prevention Research CenterCrime Prevention Research Center (https://crimeresearch.org/2017/04/number-murders-county-54-us-counties-2014-zero-murders-69-1-murder/)



Check out Sumter County


What is nice about the Villages is the cleanliness and safety.

[Transplant]

Feel your pain ............ We commuted from the North Shore to Burlington (me), he had to go down to Norwood! When he was not in Norwood he was catching a flight out of Logan. 128 year round it's a death trap.

Love TV:smiley: I should add that yes, I miss my two sons and my gandchildren, BUT when we visit the kids are always busy and the grandchildren are gone most of the time. What on earth would we do back there?

I make the commute now from Nashua NH area to West Roxbury MA. Route 3 to 128. I just returned from a lifestyle visit and as I sit here in front of the fireplace with it 28 degrees outside and the driveway coated in ice and snow, I wonder why I'm still here.

[Allegiance]

I make the commute now from Nashua NH area to West Roxbury MA. Route 3 to 128. I just returned from a lifestyle visit and as I sit here in front of the fireplace with it 28 degrees outside and the driveway coated in ice and snow, I wonder why I'm still here.Come on down. Visits up north are fine

[pauld315]

Living in New York, I think I would appreciate more of the laid back life style of the South. How many feel the lifestyle is so much better than the North if you are from there.

Hate to say it but Florida is not really the south per se for the most part.. Some parts are but certainly not The Villages or the larger metro areas. Many parts of Florida are really just New York South. If you want to see the laid back south you need to go to the rural areas in NC, SC, GA, AL, TN, MS.

[Aloha1]

Hate to say it but Florida is not really the south per se for the most part.. Some parts are but certainly not The Villages or the larger metro areas. Many parts of Florida are really just New York South. If you want to see the laid back south you need to go to the rural areas in NC, SC, GA, AL, TN, MS.

But those areas still are susceptible to the "S" word.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Living in New York, I think I would appreciate more of the laid back life style of the South. How many feel the lifestyle is so much better than the North if you are from there.

There's a lot of difference between the laid back life style of the true South (Arkansas included) and the life style of Florida. A lot of people in Florida are not native Southern folk and the ones that are natives grow weary of the transplanted Northern folk.

Yes, at times I do miss being around true Southern folk, but not enough to endure the winters and spring tornado season, plus my wife would never move back.

[JoMar]

If you pick an abundance of sun as a "lifestyle"--I would pick Florida, for sure. Other than that--my heart is still in western New York.

If you classify sun as the lifestyle then your are missing so much here. This place isn't for everyone and some can't handle the separation and do move back north, which is the right thing to do. Those that can't handle the separation and stay are usually wasting their retirement by living in a place that makes them unhappy. Don't feel bad if this isn't your place, find one that makes you happy.

[coffeebean]

I try not to use the LIE because of the trucks, but the Southern State to me is the worse when it comes to traffic. I went to Hawaii, and I could not believe the traffic there.

The Belt Parkway beats Southern State for traffic and it does it with narrower lanes and tighter curves in the road. I don't miss driving those parkways.

[coffeebean]

There is no reason to leave Long Island for TV except for the weather and financial considerations. Long Island still has a lot to offer that TV couldn't match on its best day.

I was born and raised on Long Island. I can honestly say there is nothing on Long Island that I find has a lot to offer. NYC, however, is a magical place that is a hop skip and a jump from Long Island on the train. NYC is the draw, not Long Island.

[TOMCAT]

I was born and raised on Long Island. I can honestly say there is nothing on Long Island that I find has a lot to offer. NYC, however, is a magical place that is a hop skip and a jump from Long Island on the train. NYC is the draw, not Long Island.

Yes I agree. But there are a few pretty spots on Long Island but nothing compared to New York especially this time of year. I am sure the Villages looks pretty too from some of the pictures I see and I think less people than New York.

[TOMCAT]

The Belt Parkway beats Southern State for traffic and it does it with narrower lanes and tighter curves in the road. I don't miss driving those parkways.

Yes true. Southern state leads you into the Belt which is another nightmare. I was just talking about the parkways out in Long Island. Those parkways in the city areas can be very bad.

[TOMCAT]

I make the commute now from Nashua NH area to West Roxbury MA. Route 3 to 128. I just returned from a lifestyle visit and as I sit here in front of the fireplace with it 28 degrees outside and the driveway coated in ice and snow, I wonder why I'm still here.

Just pick the best time for you to retire and then go down to the Villages.😊

[graciegirl]

You will probably be as happy here as you were wherever you lived before, but you will be warmer and busy if you choose to be.

[rjn5656]

Just sat in traffic the other trying to get to 87N past the George Washington Bridge exit. What was I thinkingh? Shouldn't have taken the Triboro Bridge.

[fw102807]

I make the commute now from Nashua NH area to West Roxbury MA. Route 3 to 128. I just returned from a lifestyle visit and as I sit here in front of the fireplace with it 28 degrees outside and the driveway coated in ice and snow, I wonder why I'm still here.

We made the move from NH a year and a half ago. I love looking at the pictures of snow and ice as I sip ice tea on my lanai.

[Vladimir]

Grew up and lived in Manhattan and Queens. I have a love/hate relationship with NYC all at the same time. Its great but at the same time the type of life wears you out. Love it here in TV (for some of the reasons you stated) and I get my NYC fix by visiting NYC a few times a year...it then reminds me of why I could never live there again.

[cmj1210]

You have no idea how much better the villages is vs long island. I did that rat race, you will never want to go back except for family.

When you get here and hear villagers complain about traffic, it will bring a smile to your face.



Ditto on that. When we moved here from LI I had no idea what all the fuss was about on traffic. I will take this over LI traffic any day. [emoji51]


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[Nucky]

Every once in a while a directive comes up on my cell phone that warns about heavy traffic in our area. That means that there are more than 12 cars on the road at the same time. Unless someone has experienced traffic in your general area it is hard for them to imagine. Not an easy thing to describe, it must be experienced. Just move here already, you would already be happy and saying NYC where L.I. what. That is your past this is a new reality. Merry Christmas to your New Handle = CoolCat.

[TOMCAT]

Every once in a while a directive comes up on my cell phone that warns about heavy traffic in our area. That means that there are more than 12 cars on the road at the same time. Unless someone has experienced traffic in your general area it is hard for them to imagine. Not an easy thing to describe, it must be experienced. Just move here already, you would already be happy and saying NYC where L.I. what. That is your past this is a new reality. Merry Christmas to your New Handle = CoolCat.

I think it is the delay in moving that is killing me. My husband wants to wait until my son gets married,
which will be in April. I can see his point with dinners, showers, and now my son wants to use our house for him and his grooms men to change as some live out of NY including my son. We will wait. Happy for my son is getting married.

Merry Christmas to you also!